Mos

name, noun, phrase, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Ma On Shan. Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of MOS (“manual of style”). alt-of

    "I just thought others on this list might be as happy as I am to learn that as of September, the Chicago Manual of Style is going to be available online for a subscription fee of $25 introductory price, $30 regular fee."

  2. 2
    singular of mores (“moral norms or customs”) form-of, rare, singular
  3. 3
    plural of mo (“month; molester”) form-of, plural
  4. 4
    Initialism of metal oxide semiconductor. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    plural of MO form-of, plural
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  1. 6
    Initialism of maintenance operating system. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of mobile operating system. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    Initialism of member of the opposite sex. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    Initialism of military occupational specialty. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    ""I was a marine. My MOS was 0311," he said."

  5. 10
    Initialism of member of the service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    ""We have an MOS down," the dispatcher said."

  6. 11
    Initialism of manual of style. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  7. 12
    Initialism of man on the street. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Phrase
  1. 1
    Without a synchronous audio track.

Etymology

Disputed, with many speculative suggestions; see Wikipedia.

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